14th Swiss Symposium Thermal Energy Storage
Friday, 29th of January 2027
Participation Fee
On Site (incl. Lunch, coffeebreaks, workshops and networking apéro)
- CHF 360.- Regular (registration here)
- CHF 180.- SWEET Partners, SwissSTES, HSLU Alumni (please contact Isabel Kottmann for registration link)
- free of charge for students and employees of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (please contact Isabel Kottmann for registration link)
Online (streaming presentations only - passive streaming and workshop participation is not possible)
- CHF 180.- ONLINE Regular - 50% discount (please contact Isabel Kottmann for registration link)
- free of charge for students and employees of the Lucerne University of applied Sciences and Arts and online participation of the SWEET Partner, SwissSTES Project Partner and HSLU Alumni (please contact Isabel Kottmann for registration link)
Please note: your registration is binding and the payment will be exclusively via credit card. The HSLU will not fill out external formulars for payment requirement. Thank you for your understanding.
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome
- Anastasia Stamatiou and CC STEP Team
09:20 Keynote Session 1
- Jörg Worlitschek, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), CH - TBA
09:50 Session 1:Political
- Marionna Schloatter, National Councillor Canton of Aargau, CH - TBA
- Pierre Christe, BFE, CH - TBA
- Stefan Muster, Canton of Zürich, CH - Proposed Legislation for Long-Duration Energy Storage in the Canton of Zurich
- Sebastian Deininger, Canton of Aargau, CH - Heat, Waste Heat and Thermal Storage: Opportunities and Challenges from a Cantonal Perspective
10:40 Coffee Break with Exhibition & Poster Session
11:20 Session 2: Innovation
- Rebecca Ravotti, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), CH - Enabling Novel Thermal Energy Storage Materials by Directing Crystallisation Pathways
- Speaker TBA
- Benjamin Fumey, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), CH - Sorption Storage Heat Pump first market entry
12:00 Workshop Input
- Solites, DE - Input urban arena project in Germany
12:15 Lunch break with Exhibition & Poster Session
13:30 Workshop
- Solites & Richard Lüchinger
15:00 Coffee Break with Exhibition & Poster Session
15:30 Session 3:Pilot
- Speaker TBA
- Galina Simonsen, SINTEF Trondheim, NO - Thermal energy storage enabling reserve market participation for data centres
- Marion Matter, Rytec, CH - TES Business Areas: The Example of a Waste-to-Energy Plant with a District Heating Network
16:15 Workshop results
16:25 Panel discussion
17:10 Closing remarks
17:15 Networking Apero
18:30 End of Symposium
